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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji advocacy group slams Indonesian role in MSG as a ‘disgrace’

June 25, 2025

Arab members of the Global March To Gaza were the targets of the most dramatic and violent excesses committed by the Egyptian authorities

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Egyptian crackdown on Gaza blockade busters but Kiwi activists vow to ‘defeat genocide’

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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‘Don’t surrender’ to Indonesian pressure over West Papua, Bomanak warns MSG

Protesters shout slogans and hold placards during a national demonstration against the Israeli wars on Gaza, occupied Palestine and Iran

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Starving Gaza civilians toll climbs at Israeli humanitarian ‘death traps’

Israel accepts the ceasefire

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Ramzy Baroud: The fallout – winners and losers from the Israeli war on Iran

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Philippines students urged to never forget Martial Law atrocities

September 22, 2016

Palestinians and community supporters mourn the deaths in the Gaza hospital bombing

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War on Gaza: Bombed hospital a turning point? Hegemonic security v...

October 19, 2023

Former 1987 coup leader and returning Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Analysis

Fiji’s new politics – forging consensus in a nation renowned for...

Shailendra Singh -

January 20, 2023

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Gays and lesbians feel heat of discrimination and prejudice in Indonesia

Michael Neilson -

March 2, 2016

President Jokowi

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Why Indonesia’s planned new Papuan provinces will cause division and destruction

February 7, 2021

Filmmaker Max Stahl

Democracy

Timor-Leste’s ‘true hero’ cameraman Max Stahl who exposed Indonesian atrocities dies

October 29, 2021

Measles and rubella vaccine . . . outbreak of cases in Central Papua

Health and Fitness

15 Papuan babies believed to have died of measles – ...

March 7, 2023

Part of the "cult leader" front page report in Muslim Media Watch 10Aug23

Culture

Allegations over cult leader feature in new Muslim Media Watch monitor

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August 10, 2023

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Hong Kong protesters in NZ worried about new national security law

July 2, 2020

Samoa's Vaiusu Bay

China

Samoa confirms China-backed Vaiusu Bay port project shelved

August 2, 2021

How the PNG Post-Courier today reported the news of President Macron's impending visit

China

French President Macron to make historic visit to PNG, Vanuatu

July 18, 2023

Members of the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association with exiled Papuan leader Benny Wenda

Human Rights

Kalsakau wants Melanesian staff to work at MSG secretariat

February 6, 2023

Nduga children living in refugee camps in the Papuan highlands

Human Rights

Open letter plea for NZ to back West Papua peaceful hostage...

May 15, 2023

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Amnesty International criticises denial of NZ visa to Iran filmmaker

Pacific Media Watch -

April 18, 2016

Carmela Fonbuena

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Former Rappler reporter Carmela Fonbuena is new head of PCIJ

Pacific Media Watch -

January 3, 2021

Husband and wife duo Lauren and Matt Barus perform under the stage name Terrible Sons

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First-ever recipients of ‘outstanding’ Asian music funding unveiled

July 3, 2023

Morning Star

Human Rights

Papuans raise Morning Star flag in Jakarta, burn Jayapura buildings

Pacific Media Watch -

August 30, 2019

Complaint against Malang police chief

Human Rights

Papuan students report Malang police chief over racist ‘shoot to kill’...

March 13, 2021

Student protest in Manokwari against Otsus 21052021

Human Rights

714,000 Papuans, 112 organisations oppose ‘failed’ special autonomy law

July 19, 2021

Fiji Women's Crisis Centre coordinator Shamima Ali and fellow activists at the Morning Star flag raising in solidarity with West Papua

Fiji

Fiji women condemn Bainimarama government’s ‘silence’ on West Papua

July 15, 2022

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Cook Islands

Rabuka, PIF ‘undermine credibility’ of Pacific experts over Japan’s nuclear waste...

August 12, 2023

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‘We’ve done nothing wrong,’ says ABS-CBN chief and will answer allegations

University of Santo Tomas Journalism -

February 22, 2020

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

Bearing Witness

Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

Bearing Witness

Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji advocacy group slams Indonesian role in MSG as a ‘disgrace’

A West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence among a sea of Palestinian flags

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Why most Pacific governments stand with Israel in spite of UN...

The Autonomous Bougainville Government President Ishmael Toroama (left) and PNG Prime Minister James Marape

Bougainville

Talks result in PNG and Bougainville signing ‘Melanesian Agreement’

Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark

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Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential...

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Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark

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Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential...

A pro-Iranian protest in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, yesterday

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Why manufacturing consent for war with Iran failed this time

Palestine solidarity activists, university staff and students facing repression will be encouraged by Antoinette Lattouf’s (inset) victory

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Antoinette Lattouf win against ABC a victory for all truth-tellers

Former Human Rights Watch head Ken Roth on Israel and genocide

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The ‘Godfather of Human Rights’ Ken Roth on genocide, Trump and...

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"

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Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark

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Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential...

CNMI and Guam activists stage a rally protesting against the US military buildup in the Marianas

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‘Bridge for peace – not more bombs,’ say CNMI Gaza protesters

A pro-Iranian protest in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, yesterday

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Why manufacturing consent for war with Iran failed this time